[mythtv-users] Re-finishing a low-profile case w/ silent parts

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at gmail.com
Wed Jul 21 18:24:55 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:14, Quinten Steenhuis <qsteenhuis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:56, Clay <ctmythtv at pacbell.net> wrote:
>>
>>> They're no longer made but the Zalman cnps7000 series are low profile,
>>> quiet, and cool well. I have them in a couple cases. One in a frontend has
>>> been up 4 years+ and still quiet (no fan failures/bearing noise).
>>>
>>
>> I tried those, and they weren't quiet enough for me. I went with no
>> fans and fins on my CPU and using Noctua fans for the case... they are
>> nice but a bit expensive.
>
> The few fanless designs I've seen appear to be HUGE. Are you using
> this in a low-profile case?

nope, but mine isn't huge. I'd have to check to see how big.

Have you checked out:
http://www.quietpcusa.com/
http://www.endpcnoise.com/
http://www.silentpcreview.com/

etc...


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